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When Jan set foot upon the wharf at Ballina, he was accorded an ovation that exceeded in warm-heartedness his most sanguine hopes. The whole town had come to meet him, and their ranks were swelled with some thousands of Union men, who had taken holiday and travelled from all parts of the river to pay their champion homage. Jan's ears were deafened with the cheers that greeted him, while his hands and arms ached for days afterwards from the hearty treatment they received.
A buggy stood in waiting on the road from which the horses had been removed. Into this he and McBean were lifted upon the shoulders of the crowd, whereupon a dozen brawny cane cutters rushed to the shafts and drew the carriage amid yells and mighty cheering to the Royal Hotel.